FROM THE CIRCASSIAN FRONTIER, ' 
90 
p ‘ they represented a ram’s head at each corner, 
v — v — ' with curving horns, causing a resemblance to 
Ionic capitals. Almost all the marble in Taman 
is of the kind called Cipolino. Near to the 
columns were two large marble lions, each 
formed of one entire mass. Statues of lions, 
sometimes of colossal size, are common upon 
these shores, left by the Genoese. Two others 
were stationed before the door of the General's 
house. Upon the opposite side of the Bosporus 
there are remains of the same kind, particularly 
at Kertchy and at Yenikale. Near this latter 
place is a colossal statue of this kind, lying in 
the sea : it may be seen in calm weather, 
inscrip- although under water. In the wall ot the 
Taman. church at Taman we observed a marble slab 
with an inscription : this we copied with diffi- 
culty, as it was covered with plaster. 
j nOZEIAHNOZ KA 
2 . . . EOYZBAZIAEABAZIAEflNMErANT 
3. . . NTOZBOOSnOPOYTIBEPIONlOYAIO . . . 
A. ATHNYlONBAZIAEniPHZKOYnOPI 
5 . KA!XAPAKAI4>IAOPOMAIO?vlPYZ 
6. . . INTATAKAI . A'f'EXANfl NO 
7. znTHPAEYEAMENOZKAOIEPn 
8. AIO<t>ANTOYn ANTI KAn AIT 
It is unnecessary to offer a mere conjectural 
elucidation of an inscription which is evidently 
so imperfect : yet, even in its present state, a 
